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Everyone Should Have a Right to Food

Support the recognition of the Right to Food in the United States.

Goal:25,000•Progress:4,941

Sponsored by:The Hunger Site

The right to food ensures peoples' right to access adequate food sources and feed themselves in dignity. It protects all humans from hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition. Today, 106 countries recognize the right to food through either constitutional agreements or the approval of various international treaties that protect the right to food.

The United States is one of few nations left in the world that has made no recognition to the right to food. Feeding America estimates that there are approximately 49 million Americans living in food insecure households: 33.1 million adults and 15.9 million children. That's approximately 14.5% of American households, or 1 in 6 people, struggling with hunger in the "land of plenty".

As a nation that claims a superior human rights record, this is simply unconscionable. No one should go hungry in the wealthiest nation in the world.

It's time the United States led by example in the fight against hunger rather than trailing far behind the rest of the world. Tell President Obama and UN Ambassador Samantha Power you support the recognition of the right to food and ask them to draft legislation or approve international treaties that protect this critical human right.

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I am stunned to discover that the United States is currently in an extreme minority of nations which do not recognize the right to food. With approximately 49 million Americans living in food insecure households, one in six Americans is struggling with hunger and malnutrition while being denied this critical human right.

Hunger robs people of their health and productivity. It is one of humanity's most basic needs. As a result, the right to food is of extreme importance to the wellbeing of the United States' people.

I urge you both to work together to find the best avenue available, whether through national legislation or the approval of international treaties, to make the right to food a reality in the United States. The recognition of this right is an investment in the wellbeing and future of the nation.

Please, make the right to food a national priority and help end from hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in the "land of plenty".

Thank you,

Petition Signatures

Mar 2, 2015Scharlene Snowden

Mar 2, 2015Barbara Scott

Mar 1, 2015Ferrean KinnieHELP US!! HEP OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS!!

Mar 1, 2015Terri nius

Mar 1, 2015Susan Cowen

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Mar 1, 2015Patricia Fuentes

Mar 1, 2015Judith King

Feb 28, 2015Kara Steffen

Feb 28, 2015Jeffrey Coen

Feb 28, 2015N. Katayama

Feb 28, 2015Marc Gregory

Feb 28, 2015Deborah RichardtAs many in my age bracket can remember being told to clean their plate with the much used phrase of "think of all the starving children in China". How can the U.S. (the land of plenty) not recognize every man, women and child's right to food?

Feb 28, 2015Liliana Ferreira

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Feb 27, 2015Jimmie Lynne Berry

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Feb 25, 2015Dorniece Stephen

Feb 25, 2015MARIJE ANSOTEGUI

Feb 24, 2015Francine Traniello

Feb 24, 2015Susan Hanlon

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Feb 18, 2015Jennifer Rusak

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Feb 17, 2015Charlene Robillard

Feb 17, 2015Nicole Daigle

Feb 16, 2015Angélique Hertig

Feb 16, 2015michelle melder

Feb 15, 2015Ian Brown

Feb 15, 2015Abigail ConnorsPlease make the right to food a reality in the United States. It is shameful that a country with our enormous wealth does not recognize the right of all citizens to have enough to eat. Please!!